Football Injuries In Football

This study evaluated 90 total ACL injuries from soccer players ranging from a mean age of 19.4 ± 2.3 years.1 The reported mean age at injury was 17.4 ± 1.9 years, with the highest injury rate at 18 years of age.1 Of the total 90 injuries, 48 were the dominant leg, 62 occurred on artificial turf, 57 occurred in players wearing round spikes, 41 occurred in defenders, 54 occurred during defense, 56 occurred during a game, and 55 were non-contact injuries.1 Furthermore, of the 55 non-contact injuries, 29 occurred during a cutting maneuver and 22 occurred during pressing.1 Assessing the results, it was discovered that non-contact injuries during pressing were significantly more common than contact injuries during pressing.1

Football is one of the most popular sports played today, but, many injuries can occur while

First, is the education of the patient, if the athlete is willing to report and communicate the problem to the appropriate personnel at the moment and time when it happens, the medical staff will be on the ability of removing the athlete from participation if it is necessary. In addition of educating the athletes, it will be vital to focus on the education of coaches, and parents over the consequences of this injury, the responses of the athlete during the injury, importance of reporting this to the medical personnel (Athletic trainer), and acceptance of the injury. By increasing the awareness of the injury, the medical staff will be more accurate, precise, and the time of recovery will be lower since the athlete will report it in a shorter period of time.

Using only the male and female data for basketball and soccer, female soccer players incurred 2.29 times more ACL injuries than males (Ireland, 1999). Female basketball players sustained 2.89 times the ACL injuries than males (Ireland, 1999). For this data noncontact was not the only mechanism of injury, the data consisted of contact, collision, ball contact, and surface contact as well (Ireland,

Players wear helmets, shoulder pads, cleats, thigh and knee pads, compression shorts, cup, and still not enough to stop people getting hurt. An article by Alan Neuhauser once said, “The same damn thing happens every year, and were not getting answers” (usnews). If the same injury occurs to people every year, I would think of a way to prevent this injury by fixing or adding more gear. The most important element in football I believe is your gear that players wear. The concept of the game is to score and win, as well as not get hurt. With the protection of more gear, it can help reduce many of the injuries.

Most athletes never learn the proper skills to play sports safely and correctly. Coaches should teach their athletes the correct safety procedures before sending a player out to practice or play. A common error by many parents is that safety precautions do not need to be taught until more advanced levels of play. This mistake often increases athletes chance of dangering themselves because by the time they are at a more professional level, it is too late to teach them proper safety regulations. Athletes make simple mistakes of doing everything incorrectly that includes using the equipment properly. Player contact injuries represent a high level of high school sport injuries and had an increasingly higher rate this past year. In his article Epidemiology of Exceptional Heat Illness among U.S. High School Athletes Zachary Kerr describes how intense player contact injury has increased over the years and how football is most competitive sport with these injuries. These injuries usually take place at the ankle/foot, head/face and then the knee. Player contact is the most natural way of injury among high school athletes, and happens to be the most difficult one to stop. In Tim McGuir’s Sports Injuries in High School Athletes: A Review of Injury-Risk and Injury-Prevention Research he touches also on the subject of physical contact

It is difficult to imagine thought in the modern world without the competitive intercollegiate sports that people should be aware of what injured student-athletes deal with. According to Kremer, Moran, Walker, and Craig (2012), these injuries continuously increases in elite and intense degree in sports and can be career threatening for young athletes. With the growing interest of sports among universities, the aggressiveness in sport also increases and thus resulting to possible injuries among student-athletes. Common long term injuries can occur in the lower and upper body. Baima (2009) states that the common lower body injuries athletes’ acquire are anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear and Achilles tendon injury, most of them happen among basketball, soccer, and football athletes. The common upper body injuries, according to Anderson, Parr, and Hall (2009), are rotator cuff injury and shoulder ligamentous injuries, specifically the Glenohumeral (GH) joint, which are prone among football, swimming, and tennis athletes. According to Baima (2009), an injury could be acquired with or without colliding with something. It is, however, important to be reminded that student-athletes inevitably cannot escape from these injuries when training or competing.

This paper focuses on the prevention and treatment of injuries in basketball. This paper explores the basic concepts of preventing injuries and the different methods to treat injuries that occur as a result of playing basketball. There are a variety of preventive measures to limit injuries at recreational, collegiate and professional levels of playing basketball. This paper will elaborate on specific approaches to injury prevention for each circumstance. Depending on the duration and intensity of play many contributing factors play a role in the prescribed treatment of basketball injuries. This paper will examine the different types of treatment available and the major factors that are considered based on case by case basis. Basketball is an enjoyable sport with the risk of minor and major injury. This paper will give insight into those injuries and remedies to treat and prevent them.

Participation in sports can affect the upper body extremity in a positive or negative way. Sport injuries of the upper limbs can happen while playing amateur or professional sports. In the article entitled: Sports Injuries of the Upper Limbs, provides the reader with information on the common types of injuries and a treatment plan for each. The article evaluates the management of upper limb tendon injuries from the physiopathology and the new methods of injury treatment that are common in Brazil. (Silva, 2010) Even though this article looked at the Brazilian population, many of the injuries and treatments can be applicable to athletes in the United States. The injuries of the upper body usually happen in sport activities such as, tennis, volleyball,

Follow instructions from your health care provider about how to take care of your wound. Make sure you:

there are numerous wounds in football, a few wounds cause torment for long time and it might bring about grave harm prevent player from playing any more, and the other stay for brief time, and may bring about interim harm. In this manner, it is better for player to dodge these wounds by great preparing, unwinding before the match and don't have train if the player is

In severe cases, a wrap that contains zing and gelatin (Unna boot) may be applied. Treatment will also address any underlying conditions.

You will need to keep your wound clean. Changing the dressing as ordered by the doctor is essential for healing and is one of the ways you can help prevent worsening of the infection. Taking your prescribed medication, monitoring and managing your blood sugars, having good nutrition, keeping hydrated, getting a goods nights sleep are all ways you are able to help yourself with your current condition.

Anyone can get an injury in general, but if you participate in sports, every day that you play or practice your sport or sports you have that chance of getting a sports injury.

Soccer is the most popular sport in the entire world. Soccer continues to emerge as a major sport in countries like United States and even China, while it remains the fastest growing team sport. The sport’s characteristics and its required functional activities demand certain technical skills and healthy physique from each player. As a result, there are disadvantages of playing the sport as injuries and medical problems occur. Soccer injuries are a big factor of the sport, that is really important to address. This report describes the most common types of injuries(Ankle sprains, Hamstring, Knee), causes of injuries, effects of injuries and prevention/treatment of injuries for soccer.